QQQ · PUTS · OCT 19Session closed
QQQ puts expiring Oct 19 traded 2.9x the calls on that date
As of , published from Oct 13, 2026, 09:54 ET. Source: Schwab options chain.
5,105 put and 1,772 call contracts by 09:39 ET on Oct 13, 2026. Est. premium $2.3M puts, $623K calls. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 32 expirations.
Evidence
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Call volume (contracts) | 1,772 |
| Put volume (contracts) | 5,105 |
| Call open interest, prior settlement | 7,560 |
| Put open interest, prior settlement | 18,088 |
| Call premium, est. (USD) | $623K |
| Put premium, est. (USD) | $2.3M |
| Put/call volume ratio | 2.9x |
| Days to expiry | 6 |
Why it fired
- Rule
- put/call volume >= 2.5 (absolute: baseline n 3 < 5); put volume >= 2000; call volume >= 500; expiry >= 1% of ticker volume
- Values that cleared it
- Put volume (contracts): 5,105; Ratio: 2.88
- Contracts traded behind each figure
- Calls: 29; Puts: 35
- Baseline
- median put/call volume ratio, contracts within a week: 1.17
- Baseline window
- last 20 sessions
- Baseline n
- 3, so the fixed threshold applied
- Claim level
- 1, arithmetic on reported figures
Last-trade position, raw counts
Count of contracts whose single last trade sat near the ask or bid. Not the side of the session's volume. It is not used in the headline.
| Side of chain | Near ask | Near bid | Other |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calls | 0 | 28 | 1 |
| Puts | 33 | 0 | 2 |
What happened next
- Next settlement: Pending the next settlement.
- Expiry, Oct 19, 2026: Pending expiry.